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Friday, November 1, 2013

NOVEMBER Art Fix: Upcoming Events

If you
need your art fix for the month of November (and I know I do!),
here are
some
shows that you won't want to miss! November is traditionally a month of remembrance and of giving thanks, including the celebration of All Saints Day (1st), All Souls Day (2nd), Guy Fawkes Day (5th) and Thanxgiving (28th) which coincides with the beginning of Hannukah (a holiday mash-up that is not projected to happen again for the next 79,043 years). And if those don't tickle your fancy, try Chaos Never Dies Day (9th), Sadie Hawkins Day (13th), National Parfait Day (25th), and Square Dance Day (29th)!

And for all of you who insist on camping out in front of department stores on the day after (or, in some cases, the night of) the day we give thanks for the things that *actually* matter and the possessions we already have... Try something different this year and support a local business. If you must buy something, consider a thing that's unique and interesting and locally sourced. Make a difference in your community and take a moment to support the artists and craftsmen who make Seattle such a vibrant and creative place to live. You can also try your hand at creating your own gifts! It's fun, I promise!

LAST CHANCE:

"Madness, Magnolias & Moonlight" by Laurie Lee Brom at Roq la Rue.In her first full solo exhibition at the gallery, Laure Lee Brom takes the
viewer on a Southern Gothic journey as she draws from a variety of
influences including her childhood in the historical town of Charleston, South
Carolina and its rich heritage of local ghost stories, as well the folk tales
of the swampy Low Country. Also featured: "Across from Familiar" by Ransom & Mitchell and "Dead Language" by Sail.

"Ghosts in the Machine" at Ltd Gallery. Behind every great game is a team of talented artists that
build worlds, design characters, and determine the look and feel of your
gaming experience. The unique exhibition of art will delve into the
personal work of the artists who created some of the most loved video
games of the century. Join the art team from Bungie studios (the folks
that brought you Marathon and Myth) as they show off their talented
artists and give you a sneak peak at the world they are building from
the exciting new game, Destiny. This show is must see for any gaming
fan. Show closes 3 November.

"Minimal Art and Its Legacy"at SAM. As a
reaction to the dominance of abstract painting in the 1940s and ‘50s, many
artists in the 1960s turned in new directions. A growing consideration for an
object’s relationship to its surrounding space and an interest in supplanting
the subjective, expressive gesture of the painter with a rational
pre-determined method marked much of the new work. Show closes 3 November.

The 1st Friday Art Walk in Bremerton, Friday,1 November from 5-9pm. The Kitsap Historical Society & Museum is open and FREE to the public the first Friday of every month!

The 1st Friday Art Walk in Port Orchard, Friday 1 November from 5-8pm.Join artists and downtown merchants on the first Friday evening of each month, May through October for the Port Orchard Bay Street Merchant's Association Art Walk. Over 20 artists set up their work inside and outside of businesses along Bay Street, some artists will actually be demonstrating their art. Many businesses serve food and beverages. Bring your family and friends and start off your Friday evenings once a month at the Downtown Art Walk.

"Neddy Artist Talk with Claudia Fitch" at Cornish College of the Arts, Monday, 4 November from noon-1pm. The Neddy
at Cornish is pleased to announce the next event in our ongoing
series of artist talks featuring past recipients of the Neddy
Artist Fellowship. Please join artist Claudia Fitch (2000 Neddy
Artist Fellowship Awardee in sculpture) for a discussion about her work and
practice.

Affordable Art Fair

"Affordable Art Fair" at the Seattle Center, Wednesday-Sunday, 6-10 November. A fun five-day event hosting 50
galleries and a huge array of contemporary art! Our concept is simple, yet unique: an
inspiring and friendly atmosphere in which you can find thousands of original
paintings, prints, sculptures and photographs all under one roof, ranging from
$100-$10,000, with more than half priced under $5,000. The work of young,
emerging artists hangs alongside some of the biggest household names, while our
Recent Graduates Exhibition provides a chance to snap up work by a future art
world star.

Greg Kucera Gallery - Deborah Butterfield, equine sculptureSAM - "Dia de los Muertos."FREE and open to the public! Join us
for a community reception with 20-piece brass band, Banda Gozona, performances
and food. View the installation featuring a monumental sculptural piece and tapete (sand painting)
inspired by the Oaxacan traditions for honoring their dead.

"Picture's Worth a Thousand Words" at Ltd Gallery, Friday, 8 November from 7-11pm. A new
art show that allows the artist to move away from the cues of visual mediums
and instead draw inspiration from the many wonderful characters and worlds from
literature. From Edgar Allan Poe to Michael Crichton, over 40 artists will
imagine their own literary favorites in a new light, including Aaron Jasinski, Augie Pagan, Christopher J Olson, Crystal Barbre, Levi Hastings, Mikeatron, Syd Brown, Tnglr, and more!

The 2nd
Friday Art Walk in Belltown, Friday, 8 November from 6-9pm. Selected shows:Form/Space Atelier - "Bread of the Presence" by Jannelle Abbott.A recent graduate of Parsons School Of Design NYC, Miss
Abbott considers herself to be a maker of things, mover of limbs, and writer of
fictitious news. Her practices include garment design and construction with a
focus on the ‘zero waste’ methodology, drawing, painting, dancing, dumpster
diving, and the utilization of discarded materials. When not making, Janelle is
a guide for Bill Speidel’s Underground Seattle, a studio assistant for a local
fiber and stone artist, and a highly aggressive cyclist. The act of creation,
however, is one means through which Miss Abbott connects with her creator.Patricia Cameron Gallery - "The Garden of Joys" by Tatiana GarmendiaSassafras - "Trunk Show" with four local artists and designers!

"The Survival Girls: Celebration & Book Release Party" at Bungie Studios, Saturday, 9 November from 7-10pm. Featuring a speacial introduction with author Ming Lauren Holden, first viewings of the book's original artwork by
Jody
Joldersma, and the opportunity to purchase limited edition print copies of
the Survival Girls book. The silent auction promises some great swag from
Bungie, too!

The 2nd
Saturday Art Attack in Georgetown, Saturday 9 November from
6-9pm. Selected shows:Krab
Jab Studios - "Art of Roleplaying 2," a menagerie of original art from games and settings such as Dungeons & Dragons, Shadowrun, and Star Wars to name but a few. Over 16 artists will be represented and nearly 30 pieces of art and prints spanning nearly 30 years of gaming. Featured artists include Eco Chernik, Heather Hudson, Mark Tedin, Raven Mimura, Sam Araya, and more!LxWxH
Gallery - "Star Systems" by Julia Hensley. Star Systems is an installation by Julia
Hensley, of abstract collage paintings and paintings on canvas inspired by the
universe and technology. Hard-edged squares play off washes of color in
response to NASA images and translated into a messy, futuristic vision. A suite
of six Star Songs recorded by the artist and presented as cds in a limited,
handmade edition expands this vision into the sonic realm.LxWxH Subscription Project - "Every Day." This
individual artist set features original work by Rumi Koshino and a
chapbook by Jennifer Borges Foster. Titled
LxWxH (xED) -"EveryDay", this issue of LxWxH is a languid
study of fleeting moments in daily life both beautiful and tragic, and
sometimes quiet. $150 for the set.Also check out new work at American Pie,Artcore Tattoo, Belle & Whissel, Fantagraphics
Bookstore, Georgetown Arts & Cultural Centre,Georgetown Trailer Park Mall, Nautilus
Studios, The Roving
Gallery,Smarty Pants, Totally Blown
Glassworks, Two Tartes Cafe, Wax Expressions,
and more!

"Transmission" at the Mercury,
Thursday, 14 November from 9.30pm til late. You do not have to be a member
for this night, and you do not need a member to sign you in. It is open
to the
public. No dress code. Free for members before 9.30pm, $5 for
non-members. Starts at 9pm and goes
til 2am. The performer will go on around 10.30 and again at 11.30, and
the
artist will be there all night. Come buy art, drinks, hear music and
watch a
sexy lady dance. "Transmission" happens the 2nd Thursday of every
month.

Twilight Gallery - "2013 Holiday Miniature Art Extravaganxa!" With some of the best emerging local and
national artists, this special two month Holiday exhibit features small works
in drawing, painting, sculpture and mixed media. Over 40 artists and jewelers
represented with hundreds of pieces to give as gifts or to add to your growing
collection.This year we are excited to be partnering
up with our friends over at Capitol Hill's, Ghost Gallery and Georgetown's All
City Art, so there will be three wonderful places to shop local for artistic
gifts for friends and family! Featuring over 60 local, national, and international artists!Also check out new work at The Heartland Cafe, Hotwire
Coffee, Shoofly Pie, Windermere,
and more!

Steele Gallery opening presents: "// SIGHTLINES" at Gage Academy of Art. Friday, 22 November from 6-8pm. Inspired by the "BUSTER SIMPSON // SURVEYOR"
retrospective exhibition at the Frye Art Museum, // SIGHTLINES presents the
perspectives of five Seattle artists on the build-up of the detritus of a life
lived and our choices about what to save (or document) and what to toss. With
reference to Simpson’s self-documented performances, environmental activism,
and the fleeting utility of objects and structures in the landscape, artists
include Thuy-Van Vu, Iole Alessandrini, Rodrigo Valenzuela, Whiting Tennis and
Allyce Wood.

Chandler Woodfin @ Gage

"Dirty River" by Chandler Woodfin at Gage Academy of Art. Friday, 22 November at 8pm. Chandler uses watercolor to explore the
interference of humans into the landscape. These places are beautiful and
bright, but also sick. They bloom and flourish with overabundance, but the soil
and water are frail. These environments are vulnerable and fevered.

Deborah Faye Lawrence @ Hedreen Gallery

"Discordia" at the Hedreen Gallery. Sunday, 24 November from 6-8pm. Herdeen presents work by two masters of collage,
Deborah Faye Lawrence and Monica René Rochester. Drawing on one of the original
forms of media remix and mashup culture, both artists use different approaches
to paratactic image-making while demonstrating the esoteric and political
elasticity of the medium. Artist talk & closing reception: Sunday, 12 January 2014 from 6-7.30pm.

ONGOING:

The SAAM is featuring "A Fuller View of China, Japan & Korea." The exhibition runs through 13 April 2014. Dr.
Richard Fuller’s 40 years as the museum’s founding director are the bedrock of
its history, and his passion for art resonates with collectors of his time and
beyond. In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum,
this installation shows how Dr. Fuller, his family and friends, and several
more recent Seattle collectors, built SAM’s celebrated Asian art collections.
Featuring some of SAM’s best-loved works such as the Poem Scroll with Deer, the
installation showcases the incredible quality and diversity that make SAM’s
Asian art collection one of the finest in the country. The selected Chinese
paintings and calligraphy also celebrate the launch of an innovative online
scholarly catalogue, a multi-year project sponsored by the J. Paul Getty
Foundation. (from www.seattleartmuseum.org)

The SAMis currently featuring a multitude of exhibits! Check out:"Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon." Discover
the mysteries of Machu Picchu, treasures from royal tombs and archeological
wonders from one of the cradles of civilization in Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon. More
than 3,000 years of artistic history reveal a land of rich complexity and
startling beauty. This unusually wide-ranging exhibition covers archeology,
ancient rituals, royal ceremonies, conquest and colonization, the formation of the
republic and the emergence of a new national identity. Experience the unfolding
of culture through the creative achievements of Peru, from gold funerary masks
to modern folk art. The Seattle Art Museum is proud to be the only U.S. venue
presenting this spectacular exhibition of more than 300 works, including
national treasures never before seen outside of Peru. (from seattleartmuseum.org)"In a Silent Way," photographic reflections on African American identities and histories. Show runs through 1 December."William Cordova: Machu Picchu After Dark," installation sculpture. Show runs through 19 January 2014."From Abstract Expressionism to Coloured Planes."Early in
the 1940s, artists in New York began to develop an expressive, abstract style
of painting that was a stark departure from previous ideas, both artistically
and historically. Up until World War II, the center of artistic production in
the West had been Paris, and artists from around Europe, the United States and
South America had flocked there to study and to work. This changed profoundly
in the 1940s. Featuring Arshile Gorky, Hans Hoffman, Jackson Pollack, and Lee Krasner.

David Hartt @ Henry Art Gallery

The Henry
Art Gallery is currently hosting"Stray Light" in the North Galleries, photographic work by David Hartt. Also in the North Galleries are "The Photographs of Ray K. Metzger"and "Camera Nipponica: Photographs from Japan 1880-1930." All shows run through 5 January 2014.

Franz von Stuck @ The Frye

The Frye Art Museum is currently featuring "Franz von Stuck."Opening reception: Friday, 7 November at 7.30pm. Franz
von Stuck (1863–1928) was a renowned Symbolist painter, architect, designer,
and cofounder of the Munich Secession. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary
of his birth and the 120th anniversary of his American debut, Franz von Stuck
is celebrated in the first monographic exhibition in the United States
dedicated to his accomplishments. The exhibition showcases his graphic and
architectural design and his photography, as well as spectacular canvases that
generated both praise and controversy among American critics of his day for
their “cachet of strangeness, which comes from a modern treatment of legendary,
biblical, mystic or symbolic subjects.” (from fryemuseum.org) The
Frye also hosts an art lecture series every Thursday night.

With this
much going on, you couldn't possibly complain that there's nothing to do in
Seattle!